Kaff.
backwater, Hicksville, bumfuck (a backwards, boring rural town or village)
Meaning & usage
backwater, Hicksville, bumfuck (a backwards, boring rural town or village)
Where this word comes from
19th century, from Romani gav (“village”), from Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma, “village”). Probably influenced by Rotwelsch kefar, from Hebrew כְּפָר (kfar, “village”); perhaps also by etymology 2 in the sense of “something worthless”. The now common plural in -er probably after Dörfer.
chaff
junk, rubbish
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German kaf, from Old High German kaf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaf.
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